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Little Hepzebiah, who toddles after her brothers, tells everyone who comes to visit that she is "half-past three."She heard her brother say this once and she imitates all he does and says.Perhaps that is why her father calls her a "little monkey."…Cited from Seven O'Clock Stories, by Robert Gordon Anderson

Every other team in the league immediately began trying to imitate the format.The Bears repeated as NFL champions in 1941, and the 1940s would be remembered as the era of the "Monsters of the Midway".…

Ekaterina Vasilyevna Zelyonaya, better known as Rina Zelyonaya, was a Soviet actress and singer.She became popular on account of her ability to imitate the speech of children.Although she appeared briefly in such well-known films as Podkidysh (1939), for which she also provided the script, Zelyonaya earned her living by touring the country and performing humorous skits from the life of children.…

Stepping in to finish the job was Hardie Phillip.Over the years, this unique style has been imitated in many buildings throughout the state.…

In September 1997 in cooperation with Florida State University, Waters launched the first comprehensive program to broadcast all court arguments live on television, via satellite, on cable systems, and in webcasts.That program, now called remains in place today and has been widely imitated throughout the world.Before becoming the Florida Supreme Court's first public information officer in 1996, Waters served for nine years as a staff attorney.…

Studies of the bird song show dialects with neighbours varying in their songs.The calls of many other species may be imitated as part of their song.This may indicate that birds disperse and are not philopatric.…

After clearing things with Paul Heyman and Raven, it was decided that they would form the bWo at the next big event, November to Remember '96.Over the next few months, members were added and members left just like the group they were imitating.…

In the Edwardian times basic lace up oxford shoes were introduced.Girls' fashion for this time period imitated older women of the same period.Girls wore dresses of knee length, with trimmings at the hem such as lace and embroidery similar to women's lingerie dresses.…

Social learning theory is how people learn through observing others.An example of social learning theory would be the students imitating the teacher.Self-efficacy is "the belief in one's capabilities to organize and execute the courses of action required to manage prospective situations."…

Goodhue died before the project was completed; it was finished by Hardie Phillip.This style has been imitated in many buildings throughout the state.…

"Sister" taught Martin her first real dance -- the waltz clog.Martin perfectly imitated her first dance move, and she opened a dance studio.Here, she created her own moves, imitated the famous dancers she watched in the movies, and taught "Sister's" waltz clog.…

Both had a tremendous success making Doronina a huge film star.Young girls imitated her hair-do and her manner of speaking.People queued up for hours to get tickets for Once More about Love in which she played a flight attendant, the role that earned her the best Soviet actress title in 1968.…

Starlings imitate a variety of avian species and have a repertoire of about 15-20 distinct imitations.They also imitate a few sounds other than those of wild birds.The calls of abundant species, calls that are simple in frequency structure and calls that show little amplitude modulation are preferentially imitated.…

She then rubbed it on her body, declaring that it would make her invulnerable.The women of the tribe immediately imitated her actions with their own children.She eventually encountered resistance to this practice in the tribe, and had to resort to using only male infants captured in war for the ointment.…

The harness that was featured in the video was not a new concept, as Van Halen had already used it.All the same, the video became a huge success and many artists tried to imitate it.…

His mechanical cello can achieve virtually unnoticeable bow changes, and his MIDI timpani can be rubbed quickly by the mallet, for a timpani drone unachievable by human hands.Indeed, his pieces do not generally try to imitate human playing.…

First, that the student learned to use his voice by imitating the voice of the master.Second, that the initial work of "voice placing" was merely an incident in the training in sight singing and the rudiments of music.…Cited from The Psychology of Singing, by David C. Taylor

Wailes' west window at Gloucester is a stupendous achievement, and not just because of the technicalities involved in glazing such a vast area.It makes no attempt to imitate the style or content of the East window.The content of the West window, like that of so many other commissions, was probably stipulated by a committee.…

In mid-2011 a viral video depicted a youth performing stunts while dangling from the compartment of a Harbour Line train.Following this, a boy was killed while imitating the actions performed in the video.…

Thus, too, it first learns that the way of passion and impulse is not the only rule of life, and that something is gained by resisting them.It imitates our acts long before it can understand our words.As if it felt its insignificance, and dreaded to be arrested in some lower phase of its development, its instinct for obedience becomes almost a passion.…Cited from Youth: Its Education, by G. Stanley Hall